I know this has been done to death so apologies for being dull but I would really value some thoughts on where we are with my DS and sleep.
We have co slept since four months. Usually just me as DH retreats to spare room. Always (breast)fed to sleep as I believed he would grow out of it eventually. Lo and behold three weeks ago he did and now it's like I'm making red bull instead of milk. So I thought it was the time to try and encourage him to fall asleep on his own.
Tried the gradual retreat method with us, but mostly DH, settling just with his voice or gentle back rub. First night, ninety minutes but subsequently never more than ten. However he doesn't stay asleep for more than an hour. When he wakes he resettles easily with DH at cot side until about ten/eleven at night when he starts to get really agitated do my DH has taken him into bed with him and there he has slept through, sometimes from ten til seven.
So he clearly can sleep for long periods, and for the past week has not fed, or only fed once overnight. Are there any thoughts on how we might encourage him to sleep a little longer on his own? When we started tying to change his sleep habits we never dreamed we would get to a point where we had nine hours straight of sleep but now we seem to have stalled at this point.
Thank you for your thoughts.